NYT Still Playing Up Public’s Deficit Panic

Blogger Ben Somberg (7/3/10) notes that the New York Times is still telling readers that there isserious public concern about the budget deficit. This time the story is the debate within the Obama administration:

Political advisers are channeling the widespread public anger at deficits while the economic team argues that the government should further spur the economy to avert another recession.

For more on this, go to FAIR’s recent alert (6/24/10), “Inventing a Nation of Deficit Hawks.”

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Ah yes, another phony “debate” allegedly coming out of the administration.

The NYT was also a major lie courier for the first such phony debate story, right at the outset of the administration, when the alleged Geithner faction “defeated” the alleged Axelrod faction on the overall thrust of economic policy.

It was a lie then and it’s the exact same lie today. Obama has never for a day had any policy question or “debate” at all but to continue the Bush enabling of maximum corporate looting.

One can have one’s cake (stimulus, i.e., jobs) and eat it too (no deficits). This simply calls for increasing the top income tax rate. The public has been consistently in favor of increasing taxation of the rich. Since the political advisors are so busy channeling the public, why not channel this sentiment?

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there has never been a concern about anything in the Obama administration :THEY are all prisoners of the bush 41 and the bush 43 : why is Gates at the head of DOD ?he was CIA from the bush 41 admin. AND why is Mueller @FBI ?because he hid information from the BCCI investigation (Kissinger and Bush 41 … ) Panetta is just a play boy , @CIA ? what the F ….

Public is upset about deficit?What Public?What deficit?What is wrong with printing money just as fast as our little Kiebler hands can go?What is wrong with borrowing mountains of money from those happy sappy buds of ours;those good time fellows full of slapstick -The Chinese?What could be wrong with subsidizing those that don’t produce in this country while at the same time we tax and penalize those that do?Makes me feel like Robin Hood,dont know about you.What is wrong with thinking up new public give away programs( Sometimes referred to as Socialism) without one cent to pay for it all?And heres the real hoot on that…… 64%of the population is against it!!!LOL LOL LOL.What is wrong with de funding the military at such a dangerous time?Well slap me an call me Mary cause I- don-no!It all sounds good to me.In fact it sounds just about perfect.
signed Barrack Obama

It’s hard to believe that the New York Times was the first newspaper to print the Pentagon Papers.

FYI: I am a 72 year old veteran of 28 years active duty in the US Air Force, 1958-1986 I am old enough to remember when the NYT actually stood by their claim “All the News that’s Fit to Print” was true.

One can have one’s cake (stimulus, i.e., jobs) and eat it too (no deficits). This simply calls for increasing the top income tax rate. The public has been consistently in favor of increasing taxation of the rich. Since the political advisors are so busy channeling the public, why not channel this sentiment?